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Subject: [OM] Re: 5D anyone?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:46:12 -0500
Oops.  The link will get you there but should have been
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/5D%20sample/>

Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> I manged to borrow a Canon 5D for about 10 minutes today to see how it 
> would perform with some Oly mount wide angles.  I took a few shots 
> indoors but I didn't have a flash available and the shutter speed was 
> too long to show anything except fairly blurred images.  No IS in these 
> old Oly mount lenses.
> 
> I did manage to step outside, however, for one shot in the fading 
> afternoon sun which allowed me to shoot at ISO 400, 1/500 sec., OM mount 
> 17/3.5 Tokina RMC set at f/8 I think although it could have been f/5.6.
> 
> Camera was set in Av mode (aperture priority automatic) with auto white 
> balance.  I have no idea how any other parameters such as sharpening, 
> etc. might have been set.  The camera has been in the owners hands only 
> a couple of days so I'd guess they are likely still set at defaults.  I 
> know there have only been a few pictures taken with it.
> 
> I used my Hong Kong OM-EOS adapter which facilitates stop down metering 
> which is what was going on here.  No exposure adjustments of any kind. 
> Given all the snow and bright sky I think it did an admirable job on the 
> exposure.  The lens shows a fair amount of vignetting against the sky 
> and snow.  Probably the first snow pictures ever taken with this lens by me.
> 
> This link <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/5D%20sample/img_9715.htm> gives 
> you two images.  The first is a scrunched down version of the 12.8MP 
> original full frame image.  The second is an 800x600 crop from the 
> middle of the right half at 100%.
> 
> The full frame image has been sharpened slighly by the resizing utility 
> after it was shrunk.  The 1 to 1 pixel view has been untouched except 
> for the crop.
> 
> Enjoy,
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
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